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U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Sept. 26
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The Humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly
May it please your Excellency —
We his Majestys most dutiful and loyal Subjects the Upper
House of Assembly return your Excellency Thanks, for your Speech
at the Opening of this Session —
It was very Obliging in your Excellency to be influenced by such
Considerations to meet the General Assembly at this Season, when
it is most convenient and agreeable to us to attend the Public Busi-
ness; and your Assurance that the Sanction of your Authority shall,
with the utmost Alacrity and Satisfaction, be given to all such Regu-
lations as may be thought most conducive to the Prosperity of this
Province, demands our grateful Acknowledgments.
Permit us, Sir, to assure You, that we shall, on our part give due
Attention to all matters that may come before Us, and contribute
every thing in our power to bring the Business of this Session to a
happy Conclusion.
Which was Read, approved of, and ordered to be Engrossed.
The Engrossed Address being prepared was Read and Assented
to, and Signed by Order of the House by the Honourable Charles
Hammond Esq.r
Ordered that Col.o Fitzhugh do wait on his Excellency, and
acquaint him that this House hath prepared an Address to be pre-
sented to him, and desires to know when and where he will be pleased
to receive it — Col.o Fitzhugh returns and acquaints this House, that
his Excellency was pleased to signify he would receive the Address
immediately, in the Conference Chamber.
Ordered that Benedict Calvert Esq.r attended by the whole House
do present the Address.
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Sept. 28
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Friday Morning 28.th Sept.r 1770.
The House met again according to Adjournment.
Present as Yesterday.
Mess.™ Grahame and Steele, from the Lower House, bring up A
Bill entitled "An Act continuing an Act entitled an Act for Amend-
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